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Rule 2.04.? Responsibilities <br />Incompliance. The applicant and the Division have met their respective responsibilities. <br />?.04.3 Site Description and Land Use Information <br />[n compliance. Descriptions are provided in the Permit (Permit, pages 34 through 37). The <br />gently rolling topography supported non-irrigated rangeland. Productivity is described. Aland <br />use map is at page 36 of the Permit. The area of the Permit has not been previously mined <br />(Permit, page 35). <br />Rule ?.04.4 Cultural and Historic Resource Information <br />Incompliance. No sites were identified within the affected area (Permit, page 38). <br />Rule 2.04.E General Description of Hydrology and Geology <br />In compliance. Major drainages of the region and local drainages are described along with <br />subsurface waters. The major drainageway in the azea is Ennis Draw. Groundwater movement <br />is to the northeast (isolated overburden and coal seam). The area is located in the Colorado <br />Piedmont Section of the Great Plains. Bedrocks are of Cenozoic materials. (Permit, Sec 2.04.5, <br />paragraph 2, page 39-40). <br />Rule 2.04.6 Geology Description <br />Rule 2.04.6(1) General <br />Incompliance. The gently dipping beds of the Laramie formation contained the coal of interest, <br />and is covered by Tertiary and Quaternary deposits consisting of dune sand, alluvium and terrace <br />deposits. (Permit, Sec 2.04.5, page 39 through 2.04.6 page 47, 5/96) <br />Rule 2.04.6(2) Surface Mining <br />In compliance. Stratigraphy is presented in the Permit. Test boring information, logs, and <br />descriptions are provided (Permit, pages 4~ through 47 and referenced materials). The permit <br />area is located on level to gently rolling topography consisting of fine sand, which is wind- <br />deposited material overlying weathered residual shale. The sand varies in depth from about 5 <br />feet to 20 feet, is highly to moderately permeable, and is highly susceptible to wind erosion. <br />Previous mining activity at the site extracted the No. 7 coal seam of the Lazamie Formation. The <br />flat-lying coal seam is overlain by 60-180 feet of overburden consisting of yellow-brown and <br />gray to blue gray soft carbonaceous shale and clay interbedded with sand and shale sand. At the <br />base of the Laramie formation is the Fox Hills member, across-bedded gray to buff sandstone <br />that is slightly to well cemented. <br />ll ~ 7 September 1999 <br />